The Yakult Swallows don't appear to have any real interest in potential players that might be hitting the free agent market during the upcoming off-season. When asked about players like Hitoshi Tamura (SOF) and Mitsutaka Goto (ORI), a club rep told reporters that the Swallows really had no interest (at least no interest in Tamura).

While the team could use a right-handed hitting power bat, the team may not make any moves in that area either since Junji Ogawa apparently feels that Yasushi Ihara and Kazuhiro Hatakeyama might be enough.